Carteret Big Sweep

​Carteret Big Sweep is Carteret County's effort to educate the public on litter and teach how they can take action by doing their part to make a difference.

Carteret Big Sweep encourages year-round cleanups. Trash escapes to the water and land all year and needs to be picked up before it can cause harm to humans and wildlife. We are always looking for a few good men and women, young and old to help keep Carteret County looking good. Just ask us how you can get started.

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How Carteret Big Sweep is helping the community:

All volunteers are asked to record items they pick up on data sheets so there is an ongoing record of litter and marine debris in the county, this will help assess the amount of litter picked up in the county.

Disposable supplies such as trash bags and gloves are given out to aid in cleanups.

Environmental Education Outreach to schools, civic groups, and others in the community.

Organize groups through municipalities and other agencies to plan cleanups in the county.

Use of supplies for volunteers such as grabbers, scoops, clipboards and buckets.

Although Carteret Big Sweep encourages year-round clean ups we still believe that the 3rd Saturday in October is special. This date has traditionally been the fall clean up date for many many years. Can everyone that is planning on doing a clean up on this date or during the fall to contact us to verify that you will be participating again this year and let me know your location. Locations are on a first come, first clean basis.

Typically October is our busiest cleanup month of the year. I cannot stress enough how important it is to contact us with your cleanup location and date. We do not want to leave one area of the county dirty with another area saturated with groups of volunteers cleaning cleaned areas.

Be on the lookout for POP UP CLEAN UPS. Carteret Big Sweep will be announcing on social media when spontaneous clean ups will occur. Check Facebook and Twitter for more information on how and when to help out.